Westpoint Tower

Westpoint

Alternative names	Westpoint-woontoren
General information
Status	Complete
Type	Residential condominiums
Architectural style	Modernism
Location	Westpoint 1-160 Tilburg, Netherlands
Coordinates	51°33′36″N 5°03′55″E / 51.56°N 5.0652°E / 51.56; 5.0652Coordinates: 51°33′36″N 5°03′55″E / 51.56°N 5.0652°E / 51.56; 5.0652
Completed	2001 - 2004
Height
Roof	141.6 m (465 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	47
Floor area	33,022 m² (355,450 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect	Van Aken Architectuur en Stedebouw
Other information
Number of units	156
References
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Westpoint Tower (Dutch: Westpoint-woontoren) is the tallest residential building in Tilburg, Netherlands. It is 141.6 metres tall, and has 48 floors. Construction of Westpoint Tower was completed in 2004. At the time of completion the tower was the highest residential building in the Netherlands until the 6th of November 2010 when it was surpassed by the New Orleans skyscraper in Rotterdam.

The building was designed by Margriet Eugelink (Van Aken Architektuur).

The vertical and horizontal concrete elements of the grid at the front and the back of the tower are painted in different colours. At night, lights in different colours decorate the tower.

References

Tallest buildings in the Netherlands

Church towers	Sint Cunerachurch (Rhenen) (81.8 m) Grote of Sint-Jacobskerk (The Hague) (92.5) Sint Eusebiuschurch (Arnhem) (93 m) Sint Jacobuschurch (The Hague) (94 m) Martinichurch (Doesburg) (94 m) Martinitower (Groningen) (96.8 m) Great Church (Breda) (97.3 m) Sint Vituschurch (Hilversum) (98.3 m) Onze Lieve Vrouwetower (Amersfoort) (98.3 m) New Church (Delft) (108.75 m) Domtower (Utrecht) (112.32 m)

Towers	Euromast (186 m) Mediumwave transmitter Lopik (192 m) Mediumwave transmitter Flevoland (195 m) KPN-Zendmast Hilversum (196 m) KPN-Zendmast Waalhaven (199 m) Zendmast Wieringermeer (204.5 m) KNMI-mast Cabauw (213 m) Zendstation Smilde (303.5 m) Gerbrandytoren Lopik (366.8 m)

Skyscrapers	World Port Center (Rotterdam) (123 m) Nieuwbouw Erasmus Medisch Centrum (Rotterdam) (125 m) The Red Apple (Rotterdam) (124 m) Millennium Tower (Rotterdam) (131 m) De Kroon (The Hague) (132 m) Het Strijkijzer (The Hague) (132 m) Rembrandt tower (Amsterdam) (135 m) Hoftoren (The Hague) (142 m) Westpoint (Tilburg) (142 m) City Tower (The Hague) (142 m) Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (The Hague) (146 m) Ministry of Security and Justice (The Hague) (146 m) De Rotterdam (Rotterdam) (149 m) Delftse Poort (Rotterdam) (151 m) Montevideo (Rotterdam) (152 m) New Orleans (Rotterdam) (158 m) Maastoren (Rotterdam) (165 m)

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